jackaroos

They visited the stablelands, home to cloven-footed animal folk, where giraffes raced griffins and antelope streaked with makeup competed in high jumping against gravel-voiced jackaroos.

Kingdoms of Light Foster, Alan Dean, 1946- 2001

Quite a few station owners are turning their callused hands to tourism these days in an attempt to make ends meet, so if and when the opportunity presents itself, spend a day or two on horseback with the local jackaroos and jillaroos ranch hands, and overnight it at the homestead.

Surviving Australia Sorrel Wilby 2001

Quite a few station owners are turning their callused hands to tourism these days in an attempt to make ends meet, so if and when the opportunity presents itself, spend a day or two on horseback with the local jackaroos and jillaroos ranch hands, and overnight it at the homestead.

Surviving Australia Sorrel Wilby 2001

Quite a few station owners are turning their callused hands to tourism these days in an attempt to make ends meet, so if and when the opportunity presents itself, spend a day or two on horseback with the local jackaroos and jillaroos ranch hands, and overnight it at the homestead.

Surviving Australia Sorrel Wilby 2001

Jack and Hughie were off with their father learning to be stockmen — jackaroos, the young apprentices were called.

The Thorn Birds McCullough, Colleen 1977

English public school men working as cockies and jackaroos.

The Kangaroo Marines R. W. Campbell

Besides the manager and the jackaroos, there were a few boundary riders to prowl round the fences of the vast paddocks.

Three Elephant Power and Other Stories 1902

These, and a big bucket-handled frying-pan and a few rusty convict-time arms on the slab walls, were mostly to amuse jackaroos and jackarooesses, and let them think they were getting into the Australian-dontcherknow at last.

The Rising of the Court Henry Lawson 1894

They'd tramped a long hungry track and had only met a few wretched jackaroos, driven out of the cities by hard times, and tramping hopelessly west.

Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894

I don't know the rights of the case, it was hushed up, as you'll see presently; but, anyway, the jackaroos swore that Bogan had done 'em out of ten quid.

Children of the Bush Henry Lawson 1894